BERKELEY -- A trove of investigative and disciplinary documents released by UC Berkeley in the midst of an unfolding sexual harassment scandal reveal 19 employees -- including six faculty members -- found to be in violation of sexual misconduct policies since 2011.

A preliminary review of the records -- obtained Tuesday by this newspaper in response to a Public Records Act request filed in November -- shows:

The release of the reports come as UC Berkeley faces a growing outcry over its handling of sexual harassment and misconduct on campus. Although UC-wide policy lists possible sanctions from least to most severe -- written censure, reduction in salary, demotion, suspension, denial or curtailment of emeritus status, and dismissal -- news reports in the past six months revealed that three faculty members who violated the sexual harassment policy received the lightest of the sanctions.

Astronomer Geoff Marcy received a warning last year despite the university's finding that he had serially harassed students over nearly a decade. Former law school dean Sujit Choudhry received a 10 percent pay cut but was initially allowed to keep his position after he was found to have sexually harassed his executive assistant. And former Vice Chancellor Graham Fleming -- who stepped down last April amid allegations he had sexually harassed a staff member, Diane Leite -- quickly landed an administrative job as ambassador for UC Berkeley's new Global Campus, a satellite campus in Richmond.

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UC President Janet Napolitano last month ordered that Fleming be removed from that and any other administrative positions, but Fleming remains on the chemistry faculty.

Amid the growing scandal, Cal announced last month it was firing assistant basketball coach Yann Hufnagel over allegations affirmed by campus investigators that he had sexually harassed a female reporter and trapped her in the garage of his apartment complex -- an investigation that dragged on for nearly 10 months after the reporter first approached the head coach to report the behavior.

Hufnagel is appealing the decision; his attorneys and public relations team has recently come forward with additional text-message exchanges between the assistant coach and the reporter, claiming there was "mutual flirtation." The university's response to his appeal is expected by the end of the week.